Holdorph The Real Meaning of our Work?

Jewish Youth Clubs in the UK, 1880–1939
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78707-426-2
Verlag: Peter Lang
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 236 Seiten

Youth clubs like the Boys’ Brigade became a trend in the UK in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Jewish community in the UK began their own clubs to educate and entertain young Jews. These clubs mirrored the examples begun within the Christian community and adapted their models of social control by providing purposeful recreation, religious education and sporting activities to cultivate young minds and bodies. Much primary source material exists on these clubs, including publicity material provided by the clubs themselves as well as oral history accounts given by former members. This book looks at the records left behind by the Jewish clubs and asks to what extent they were successful in providing Jewish education to Jewish youth and how this education was defined by gender. The author ultimately argues that some religious elements were evident in these clubs and that where they were included, inclusive British identities were promoted.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holdorph, Anne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums außerhalb Israels/Palästinas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS: Judaism, Masculinity and Femininity, 1880–1939 – Girls’ Clubs, 1886–1939 – Boys’ Clubs, 1896–1939 – The Jewish Lads’ Brigade, 1895–1939 – Jewish Scout and Guide Groups, 1907–1939 – The West Central Jewish Girls’ Club, 1893–1939 – The Oxford and St George’s Jewish Youth Club, 1913–1939 – Religion in the Clubs.

Über Autor(innen)

Anne Holdorph holds a PhD in History from the University of Southampton. She also completed an MA in Jewish History and Culture at the same university.